Chernuchin himself just came off of showrunner duties for that other spinoff Chicago Justice, which received a most surprising cancellation from NBC earlier this week.
(And if you want to go back just a year, Eid had replaced longtime SVU showrunner Warren Leight.)
This particular change-up is only the latest to affect not just Law & Order SVU, but other entries in Dick Wolf’s multi-franchise universe on NBC.
Michael Chernuchin is stepping in to replace the one-year-and-done Rick Eid, who is moving on to take over Chicago P.D., which itself lost its usual showrunner Matt Olmstead when he flipped to ABC Studios.